SK 443 
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1909a 
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HUNTERS 



LICENSES 



STATE OF 



RHODE ISLAND 



State of Rhode Island '«''' 

The attention of the public is 
called to the following abstracts 
from the Act entitled: An Act to 
Require and Provide for the Regis- 
tration of Hunters, passed at the 
January session of the General As- 
sembly 1909. 



No person shall hunt, pursue, 
take or kill any wild bird or animal, 
in this state, without having first 
obtained a license as hereinafter 
provided. 

The possession of such license 
shall not affect in any way the pro- 
visions of the law relating to tres- 
pass, nor authorize the killing of 
wild birds or animals contrary to 
laws now in force or hereafter 
enacted, nor shall it confer any 
privilege not enjoyed prior to the 
passage of this act. 

Every person holding such license 
shall have same in his possession 
while hunting, and shall present 
same for inspection to any person 
demanding same. Failure to pre- 
sent license shall make person liable 



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to same penalty as if he were hunt- 
ing without license. Licenses are 
not transferable, and expire on the 
31st clay of December. 

Licenses may by obtained from 
the town or city clerks, in each 
town or city, upon payment of the 
license fee with 1 5c. for registration. 

License Fees: Every bona fide 
resident of the state, who is a citi- 
zen of the United States, $1.00. 
Every non-resident of the state, 
who is a citizen of the United States, 
$10.00. Every unnaturalized for- 
eign born person $15.00 

Exceptions: Every bona fide 
resident of this state, or his im- 
mediate family,may hunt(such birds 
or animals as may legally be killed) 
on land owned or leased by him and 
on which he is actually domiciled, 
and which land is used for agricul- 
tural purposes and not for club 
shooting, without such license. 

Any non-resident, who is a citi- 
zen of the United States, and who 
owns real estate in Rhode Island 
assessed for taxation at $=;oo.oo; 



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and any non-resident, who is a citi- 
zen of the United States, and is a 
member of a hunting or fishing club 
incorporated prior to January i, 
1909, which club owns real estate in 
Rhode Island assessed at $1000.00 
may procure license on payment of 
$1.00 plus registration fee. 

Each non-resident license shall 
enable the licensee to carry from 
the state not more than ten wild 
fowl, the exportation of which is 
prohibited by law, in each year. 

Every person who shall violate 
the provisions of this act shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than 
twenty nor more than fifty dollars, 
or by imprisonment not exceeding 
thirty days, or both fine and im- 
prisonment. No license shall be 
granted any person for one year 
after such conviction. Any trans- 
fer or loan of license shall forfeit 
same. 

The Commissioners of Birds 
OF Rhode Island. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



002 898 29i5 3 M 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



002 898 296 3 • 



